[Question] Video Card Upgrade Question.

if you want to stick with agp, you have a few options.

geforce 7800GS - $299 (best performer)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130275

geforce 6800GS - $225

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130264

if you do upgrade to pci express,

radeon x850xt - $169

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102483

geforce 7800GTX - $285

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130256


really, for agp cards, i'd say it's almost a toss-up, but for x16 cards, i'd go with the radeon, hands down, mostly because i'm cheap.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Lukage

My FX5600 can still play anything just fine. The biggest problem though is the motherboard (and thus a new machine, basically). I've been holding off on buying a new machine. It's hard to not wonder "What would this run like on a new computer?" but the cost of "upgrading video cards" is really a lot bigger picture.

really? half-life 2? quake 4? f.e.a.r.? i wouldn't be surprised if your 5600 or even the 9800 could play those, but with the exception of hl2 for the 9800, you'd have to make some pretty serious cuts in quality if you want smooth frames.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Lukage

I'll try (cant this weekend, out of town) to bring up the net graphs and post some stats for it. Oh: And I don't overclock either.

People just put too much trust into a video card and believe it is what makes or breaks a gaming experience.

yeah, i know... i have friends who wonder why their nice geforce 7800gs doesn't render half life 2 too well, but they have an athlon xp 1800 and 512mb of RAM, so gee, i wonder why!

though i do overclock-- i can see tangible benefits from overclocking my video card, since my cpu / ram is not the bottleneck in most cases.

i just wish there'd be some new hard disk technology that would blow the current stuff away. then the biggest bottleneck of all would be removed (loading times).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by gukarma

6800GS

Come on guys, make thoughtful suggestions. It will run everything MAXED out and costs 125 dollars.

What's the point of suggesting "THE BEST, MOST EXPENSIVE LINE OF CARDS!! 7800!!"

1. the 7800 is what, 50-60 bucks more?
2. he wants to run in 1600x1200 res for new games. the 6800GS won't do that very well!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

see, i couldn't ever do that. 800x600 is too pixely... i'd have to turn on some massive aa to even stand it.

also, i'm kind of a freak about framerate consistency. i hate an fps of 40 or 50... it's all jerky and terrible. that said, i hate an fps that's above the refresh rate of my monitor too, because it tears. now if i could lock games at 30FPS, i could stand that! but a lot of games don't support something like that.

I was speaking idiomatically.